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21/01/1948 Thriller, Drama 1h 31m
60
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In her eyes... evil. On her lips... doom.

Overview

In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...

  1. Lance Comfort

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Siobhán McKenna

    Emily Beaudine

  2. Anne Crawford

    Bess Stanforth

  3. Maxwell Reed

    Dan

  4. George Thorpe

    Mr. Tallent

  5. Barry Morse

    Robert Stanforth

  6. Liam Redmond

    Father Cocoran

  7. Cyril Smith

    Joe

  8. Honor Blackman

    Julie Tallent

  9. Denis Goacher

    Saul Trevethick

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-11
This is quite an effectively creepy crime drama - all centring around "Emmie" (Siobhan McKenna). She arrives from Ireland at the farm owned by the "Tallent" family where she soon gains a reputation as a bit of a flirt, an instant success with the local men but less so with the ladies - especially the suspicious "Bess" (Anne Crawford). It's a this point that the roguish boxer "Dan" (Maxwell Reed) appears on the scene. Now he knows a thing or two about "Emmie" and so when he is found face down in a ditch, the fingers of suspicion all point at their newcomer. Did she do it, though? What is her my...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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